BATON ROUGE - LSU senior guard Keith Hornsby, who is second on the team in scoring with 13.1 points a game, could miss the rest of the season after aggravating a sports hernia injury in the loss at Tennessee on Saturday.

ESPN reported Monday morning that Hornsby was out for the season. LSU coach Johnny Jones said he wanted to wait for the final reports from team doctors and trainers expected at noon Monday, but he said it is possible Hornsby could be done.

"ESPN could be right," Jones said on the Southeastern Conference teleconference Monday morning. "There's a chance he could be out for the rest of the season. But we don't know yet."

Jones said he would get the final word on Hornsby's injury status at noon Monday, but when he spoke with reporters here before leaving for the Arkansas game Monday afternoon he had no new information.

"I haven't got anything back yet," Jones said. "He's had his X-rays. Not sure exactly to what extent he'll be out."

Jones did say he expected Hornsby to miss the game at Arkansas, which tips off at 6 p.m. Tuesday on ESPNU.

Hornsby missed the first seven games of the 2015-16 season with a sports hernia, which is a muscle tear in the abdomen area. He scored a season-high 32 points in his first game back on December 13 at Houston off the bench in a 105-98 loss in overtime. He started the next 19 games, including Saturday at Tennessee.

The Tigers (16-11, 9-5 SEC) have lost two straight games and three of their last four and are now a long shot to reach the NCAA Tournament as they are No. 88 in the latest Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) ratings used in forming the field of 68.